The Ages of Wonder Woman : Essays on the Amazon Princess in Changing Times

These Essays Examine A Specific Period Or Storyline From Wonder Woman Comic Books And Analyzes That Story In Regard To Contemporary Issues In American Society. Tracing Wonder Woman Through Seven Decades Of Comic Books Not Only Increases Understanding Of An Important American Icon But Illuminates The Relationship Between American Society And The Entertainment It Produces And Consumes-- Wiliam Marston's Feminist Agenda / Michelle R. Finn -- A Most Thrilling Struggle : Wonder Woman As Wartime And Post-war Feminist / Donna B. Knaff -- Containing Wonder Woman : Fredric Wertham's Battle Against The Mighty Amazon / Craig This -- Wonder Woman Comic Books And Military Technology After Sputnik / Lori Maguire -- Cold War Fantasies : Testing The Limits Of The Familial Body / Joan Ormrod -- Retiring Romance : The Superheroine's Transformation In The 1960s / Francinne Valcour -- What A Woman Wonders : This Is Feminism? / Jason Latouche -- Wonder Woman's Lib : Feminism And The New Amazing Amazon / Paul R. Kohl -- Not Quite Mod : The New Diana Prince, 1968-1973 / Peter W. Lee -- The Near-awakening Of Diana Prince / W.c. Bamberger -- 'i No Longer Deserve To Belong : The Justice League, Wonder Woman And The Twelve Labors / Joseph J. Darowski -- Steve Trevor, Equal? : Wonder Woman In An Era Of Second Wave Feminist Critique / Ruth Mcclelland-nugent -- Working Girl : Diana Prince And The Crisis Of Career Moves / Matthew J. Smith -- Backlash And Bracelets : The Patriarch's World, 1986-1992 / D.r. Hammontree -- The Dark Amazon Saga : Diana Meets The Iron Age / Nicole Freim -- Super-wonder : The Man Of Steel And The Amazonian Princess As The Ultimate 1990s Power Couple / Jeffrey K. Johnson -- War, Foreign Policy And The Media : The Rucka Years / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns -- Out Of The Refrigerator : Gail Simone's Wonder Woman, 2008-2010 / Alison Mandaville -- Greek, Roman, Or American? : Wonder Woman's Roots In Dc's New 52 / John Darowski And Virginia Rush Edited By Joseph J. Darowski. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 Table of Contents 8 Introduction 10 William Marstons Feminist Agenda by Michelle R. Finn 16 A Most Thrilling Struggle: Wonder Woman as Wartime and Post-War Feminist by Donna B. Knaff 31 Containing Wonder Woman: Fredric Wertham's Battle Against the Mighty Amazon by Craig This 39 Wonder Woman Comic Books and Military Technology After Sputnik by Lori Maguire 51 Cold War Fantasies: Testing the Limits of the Familial Body by Joan Ormrod 61 Retiring Romance: The Superheroine's Transformation in the 1960s by Francinne Valcour 75 What a Woman Wonders: This Is Feminism? by Jason LaTouche 88 Wonder Woman's Lib: Feminism and the "New" Amazing Amazon by Paul R. Kohl 99 Not Quite Mod: The New Diana Prince, 1968–1973 by Peter W. Lee 110 The Near-Awakening of Diana Prince by W. C. Bamberger 126 "I No Longer Deserve to Belong": The Justice League, Wonder Woman and The Twelve Labors by Joseph J. Darowski 135 "Steve Trevor, Equal?" Wonder Woman in an Era of Second Wave Feminist Critique by Ruth McClelland-Nugent 145 Working Girl: Diana Prince and the Crisis of Career Moves by Matthew J. Smith 160 Backlash and Bracelets: The Patriarch's World, 1986-1992 by D. R. Hammontree 172 The Dark Amazon Saga: Diana Meets the Iron Age by Nicole Freim 183 Super-Wonder: The Man of Steel and the Amazonian Princess as the Ultimate 1990s Power Couple by Jeffrey K. Johnson 193 War, Foreign Policy and the Media: The Rucka Years by Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns 203 Out of the Refrigerator: Gail Simone's Wonder Woman, 2008-2010 by Alison Mandaville 214 Greek, Roman or American? Wonder Woman's Roots in DC's New 52 by John Darowski and Virginia Rush 232 About the Contributors 242 Index 246 Created in 1941 by the psychologist William Marston, Wonder Woman would go on to have one of the longest continuous runs of published comic book adventures in the history of the industry. More than 70 years after her debut, Wonder Woman remains a popular culture icon. Throughout the intervening years many comic book creators have had a hand in guiding her story, resulting in different interpretations of the Amazon Princess. In this collection of new essays, each examines a specific period or storyline from Wonder Woman comic books and analyzes that story in regard to contemporary issues in American society.